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it has been the HOTTEST of minutes

2020 man... lemme tell ya. its been a hell of a ride already. I don't even know if I have active followers anymore but I need a place to say some things and know that some random person I dont really know will read them. I dont know why that's such a comforting thought. I suppose its a bit like confession. 

anyhow, here we go:

within the first week of the new year I: 

1) got ditched by a pretty decent guy id been seeing over the holiday. we started hanging out a bit. playing video games, watching shows we both liked, finding out all the things we had in common. just generally getting used to each other and (his words) “growing attached”. but there was another element- his ex. and to be quite fair, as one who is more than used to courting disaster, I did see this coming from a mile off. man really wouldn't shut up about him. so it was kind of obvious. but silly me. lonely, desperate for affection and willing to trick myself into ignoring signs, I stuck it out and hoped it wouldn't be what I new it was. but it happened eventually. told me he needed time to himself. the next day he was back fucking his ex. i know because he posted about it in his snapchat story. son of a bitch still had the gall to ask me if I wanted to hangout.

2) found out my mother died on my birthday. 

3) broke my phone in a fit of anger when a person I had planned a date with told me they were sorry but they weren't really attracted to me afterall...10 minutes before the date that I HADNT EVEN SUGGESTED WE GO ON IN THE FIRST PLACE. and we’d been talking and flirting and whatnot for weeks. but it turns out the whole time it was a lie and that they were just scared that id be upset so they kept it up because I liked them. WHO THE FUCK DOES THAT!?!?! so now I have no phone because for once I actually allowed myself to get angry about something and lost control and broke my phone when I threw it at my laptop. my computer is fine of course. 

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Adam Burke (@nightjarillustration)

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50 cent is a fool

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Top Ward Mistakes I

These are some common reasons why wards, even powerful ones, fail at times. I have noticed these over the years, through my mistakes and others. 

Not enough layers: Wards are made of pure energy, and usually aren’t sentient- meaning they aren’t smart and usually don’t adjust to different attackers. Without the ability to adjust, attackers can get by with ease. Having multiple layers of wards helps prevent this. While layers will vary of course based on your needs, I always recommend three basic layers for a ward, going outwards to the inside: 1) non-detection, 2) offensive ward, 3) defensive ward. The reason for these particular layers being: an attacker can’t attack if it can’t find you. If they do find you, they are then dissuaded by a ward that attacks them. They will have to go through the ward that hurts them to even get to the ward that defends you, thus weakening them and making it harder to get through that final line of defense at the same time.

Too rigid: What shatters more easily when hit- a plastic case, or a rubber ball? The plastic case- why? Because it is super rigid and unable to bend; thus, just one concentrated hit could break through it with ease. This applies to wards as well- you don’t want your wards to be unable to bend- else they shatter under a concentrated hit. Being flexible doesn’t make a ward weaker- you can still have a super tough and thick ward that bends!

Not selective or specific enough: “Keep out malicious entities.” Okay, well what do you mean by malicious? Being as specific as possible is best when it comes to protections. Instead of just saying “malicious” how about- “those that would bring me nightmares”, “those that would harm me”. This also ties into the next point-

…From whose point of view?: Okay, you did it, you made your ward. “Keep out anything with malicious intent.” But the key is…who judges the malicious intent? A nasty entity could easily go, “this is good for me!” and bypass the ward. Additionally, an abusive entity who believes, from their point of view, that what they are doing is “helping” you, and thus not malicious, could easily bypass an unspecific ward. It is best to say something along the lines of, “Things I deem as a malicious intention.” That way, it is based on YOUR judgement alone, what YOU deem as bad, and thus it cannot be interpreted any other way by trickster entities.

A circular wall, or a sphere?: You made your ward- it’s selective, not super rigid, and you made sure the terms were from your point of view. And yet- it’s still easily bypassed! Bad Entities appear in your room, seemingly untouched by the wards. What could’ve happened? Well- this ability called “teleportation” exists. If your innermost ward is a circular wall- not filled in- then an entity could easily bypass your wards just by teleporting directly to you or directly into your space! To protect against this, you want your innermost ward to be like a sphere- filled in on the inside with protective energies as well. Thus, the constraints applying to the outer layers of your wards (no malicious intent from my point of view) are applied to your actual space as well- thus nullifying the teleporting ability, or dealing damage to any entities that manage to teleport inside anyways.  

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How to Make a Corn Doll

When I visited Salem last year (like a madwoman) I purchased a jet black corn doll sold in one of their museums as a souvenir. Though I believe these are more popular to make for Lughnasadh, I'm entranced with the idea of making a version for Samhain by dyeing corn husks (sold on the international food aisle in most grocery stores) black (or orange if you prefer) during the preparatory soak. Perhaps they will take the place of a wax doll, or function as temporary watch guards in my windows. Presuming my cats don't carry them off.

Courtesy of the NC museum of history Colonial History in a box kit 

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Blue Scuffy. 80. HMS Pretzel

Your sailor nickname is [what color your shirt is] [your first pet’s name]. You are [phone battery percentage] years old. Your ship is the HMS [last thing you ate].

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Color Synonyms

White

also: pale; blanched; sallow; pallid; waxen; spectral; translucent; albino; 

Grey

also: dust; stone; pepper;  

Black

also:  coal; slate; dusky; ebon; shadow; murky; 

Tan

also: flesh; khaki; cream; tawny; 

Brown

also:  henna; russet; sepia; chestnut; cocoa; drab; bronze; 

Red

also: terracotta ; rouge; carmine;  fire-engine; ruddy

Orange

also:  pumpkin ; rust ; 

Yellow

also: sunny; amber; saffron; hay; straw; platinum; 

Green

also: viridescent; grass; jade; forest; 

Blue

also: turquoise; cyan; ultramarine; royal; aqua; aquamarine;

Purple

also: berry;  amaranthine;

Pink

also: flushed; candy; cherry blossom; petal pink ; 

—– source: http://ingridsundberg.com/

—–additional synonyms added by me

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Omfg YES!!! I can't STAND this shit

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Leaked footage of the Joker movie

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remember the wayside school books those were fucked up

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“Until you heal the wounds of your past, you are going to bleed. You can bandage the bleeding with food, with alcohol, with drugs, with work, with cigarettes, with sex; But eventually, it will all ooze through and stain your life. You must find the strength to open the wounds, Stick your hands inside, pull out the core of the pain that is holding you in your past, the memories and make peace with them.”

— lyanla Vanzant (via purplebuddhaquotes)

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watching history repeat itself as the united states and countries across the world descend into fascism in an all too familiar pattern of events

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You’re not the Thor I know at all, are you? Yes, I am.